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[–] spaceracoon@lemmy.zip 33 points 1 week ago (2 children)

With an automated fleet of thousands of vehicles, I wonder how easy it will be to paralize traffic around a city in a click of a button.

[–] nahostdeutschland@feddit.org 20 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Not only traffic - Google is now able to kill every protest in the areas they are operating their Waymos. They can block streets or simply do an automated Tiananmen Square massacre by ordering their thousands of vehicles to drive at full speed through the protestors. They can also encircle protest camps like on Tahir square by simply driving around them at high speeds

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hopefully they don't do this.

[–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Didnt they remove "Dont be evil" from their mission statement?

[–] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 week ago

They can be stopped by a log, a few bricks and spray paint

[–] grahamja@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago

I figured social media was already doing that further left of an event by shadow banning posters that could create communities and foster protests. It is far cheaper to keep people feeling helpless and disconnected from other disenfranchised people.

[–] lauha@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Can't wait for IRL denial of service attack